Hart’s Face Beats Up Johnson’s Fist

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On a March night in San Francisco, heavyweight contender Marvin Hart proved pure aggressiveness could sometimes win a decision. After 20 rounds of boxing, referee Greggains, the only judge, awarded the decision over the great Jack Johnson to Hart. Hart met Johnson on March 28, 1905. Johnson entered the ring as the betting favorite. Horietako bat bezala ere sartu zen

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Ba Lewis Garaitzen Drunken Wrestler?

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Evan “Strangler” Lewis scary lehiatu zen. Although he was not a large man at five feet, nine inches tall. Lewis weighed 170 libera, Lewis’ bidalketak maisutasuna berdinak edo hobeto bere garaiko borrokalari gehienek bat egin zion. Jack Carkeek emanaldirik Wrestler zen, baina Lewis partida ia eragindako erretiroa zion. Lewis’ ospe biziki zen

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Zbyszko and Lewis Start Riot

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Apirilaren 7, 1914, 22-year-old Wladek Zbyszko met 22-year-old Ed “Strangler” Lewis would meet in the first of many matches between the two men. While they were supposed to be working the match, Lewis and Wladek Zbyszko struggled to work together. In the early 1920s, Lewis would drop his World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship to Wladek’s older brother Stanislaus Zbyszko. Urtean

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Charley Olsonek errusiarra irabazi du

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Frank J. Quinn, bertako St. Luis abokatua, George Baptise borrokalari profesionalen zuzendari gisa aritu zen, Charley Olson eta Fred Beell. Jatorriz George Baptisteren mireslea, nor kondaira bat izan zen St. Louis auzoa Cook eta Vandeventer etorbideen inguruan. Baptistek Quinn hartuko zuen bere kudeatzaile gisa eta geroago bere karpa eta toldoen enpresaren abokatu gisa. During his

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Ketchel Starches Sullivan

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Mike “Twin” Sullivan claimed the Welterweight World Boxing Championship, when he decisioned Honey Mellody in April 1907. Possessing both heavy hands and better than normal boxing skills, Sullivan claimed victories over the great Joe Gans and future Welterweight World Boxing Champion Harry Lewis during his career. Lewis won the welterweight title, when Sullivan could no longer make the 147 pound

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Burns Denies Association with Stecher

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Hasieran 1916, Martin “Baserritarrak” Erredurak, who trained and managed Frank Gotch to the World Heavyweight Championship, began denying that he developed current American Heavyweight Champion Joe Stecher. The claim seemed odd because Burns had been working with Stecher for several years. Burns helped prepare Stecher for his championship bout with Charlie Cutler in 1915. In a way, what Burns

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Tom Allenek Mike McCoole irabazi dio tituluagatik

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Tom Allen saridun saridun bare knuckle Ingalaterran jaio zen bitartean 1840, Helduen bizitzaren zatirik handiena St Louisen eman zuen Estatu Batuetara lekualdatu ondoren 1867. Jem Mace-ren aurka galdu eta galdu ondoren 1870, non ikusleak txunditu zituen emanaldi galanta batekin, ahalegin galtzaile batean, Allen amerikarren aurkako tiro baten aldeko kanpaina egiten hasi zen

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Pesek Palm-ek Borroka taldeko Rickard jotzen du

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1910eko hamarkadaren amaieran, Borroka profesionalen sustatzaileek borrokalariak erreserbatu zituzten landutako edo aurrez antolatutako borroka partidetan. Batzuetan, normalean gurutze bikoitz baten ondorioz, zaleek benetako lehiaketa bat ikusiko lukete edo “shoot” borrokalarien arteko partida. Partidu horietako bat berandu gertatu zen 1921 eta Tex Rickard-en arteko liskar batetik sortu zen, batez ere boxeo sustatzailea, eta Jack

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